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Preoperative Planning and Patient Optimization

Short-term preoperative diet decreases bleeding after partial hepatectomy: results from a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial. (opens new window)

Barth RJ Jr, Mills JB, Suriawinata AA, Putra J, Tosteson TD, Axelrod D, Freeman R, Whalen GF, LaFemina J, Tarczewski SM, Kinlaw WB

Source‎: Ann Surg 2019;269(1):48-52.

Indexed‎: PubMed 29489484

DOI‎: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002709

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489484 (opens new window)

Recommendations from the international consensus conference on anemia management in surgical patients (ICCAMS). (opens new window)

Shander A, Corwin HL, Meier J, Auerbach M, Bisbe E, Blitz J, Erhard J, Faraoni D, Farmer SL, Frank SM, Girelli D, Hall T, Hardy JF, Hofmann A, Lee CK, Leung TW, Ozawa S, Sathar J, Spahn DR, Torres R, Warner MA, Muñoz M

Source‎: Ann Surg. 2023 1;277(4):581-590.

Indexed‎: PubMed 36134567

DOI‎: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005721

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36134567/ (opens new window)

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Hospital Liaison Committee (HLC)

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Subjects include: Clinical strategies for managing hemorrhage and anemia without blood transfusion, the religious and ethical position of Jehovah’s Witnesses on medical therapy, and the services Witnesses offer to the medical community through their worldwide network of Hospital Liaison Committees.

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Treatment options as well as medical and ethical considerations for clinicians who treat Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Interview of Professor Antonio D. Pinna, M.D.

“I don’t think we can make a differentiation on religious grounds. There are even patients that are not Witnesses that don’t want blood transfusion.”

Interview of Alfredo Guglielmi, M.D.

“Jehovah’s Witnesses have led us to be extremely cautious with the use of blood through good patient preparation, careful selection of the patient, careful management in the operating room with all the available blood conservation methods, and management of anemia prior to surgery.”